Survival spoken Arabic. I have a theory that when learning a new Arabic dialect, there are about 100 commonly used phrases that can instantly make your life easier. Unfortunately those phrases tend to be the ones that differ the most from region to region. This worksheet (read: work in progress) is a cheat sheet for anyone who wants to speak ʿamiyya (everyday spoken Arabic) in a new place. Currently featuring Moroccan, Levantine, and Egyptian.

Recipes. I've been blogging recipes from the Middle East, North Africa, and elsewhere since 2011. This page is an alphabetical list of those recipes, which include everything from preserving your own lemons to brewing your own cocktail bitters to recreating a medieval hummus recipe.